LIVE INTENTIONAL

Scripture: Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is. — Ephesians 5:15-17 (NIV)

Devotional: Lately in my prayers I've been asking for the Holy Spirit to help me. I've been asking for Him to help me to read my bible, and reveal my gifting in a way that I understand. I listened to prophecies for the last several months as well as had my own awakening to just how evil the world is and is further turning. I've always had some type of inclination that there was something else out there that I could not see and after going through Demonology with Nexus, I finally had a platform of understanding that matched this internal feeling.

Through a combination of several God ordained things I have been woken up. It has been a very interesting point in my life as I have been trying to navigate what this means for me personally and what it means for those around me. I started making choices for my own life and choices for my children. I started to search for understanding from the Bible on what is required of me, but not in a punitive way, more so in a way where I am longing to be in an alignment with God type of way. I don't want to be out of line.

I'm not sure there's a time in my life where I have felt wholeheartedly this way, but I know I can identify times where I just wanted to do right, but this is different. I want to be in alignment. I want to live my life in alignment with God's word and His will for my life. That means I need to read it.

So here's my confession, I'm not a good reader, and I pretty much hate it. Crazy huh. I have a Master's degree, and I am an intelligent woman with a thriving business, But if you hand me a book I crumble. I fall asleep, or I get immediately intimidated. Now I know how to read, but in my opinion I'm not the best at it. I'm not sure when this narrative started but I know it was when I was a very young child. However when I read the Bible, I find myself interested and invested and wanting to know more. I find myself looking up history. I find myself trying to find things that match what I just read. That doesn't sound like someone that hates to read that sounds like someone who's told themselves for years that they hate it.

That's why I've been calling on the Holy Spirit and being intentional about reading the Bible. Firstly I realize I need Him, and secondly I realize my relationship with reading is not going to be a hindrance for me reading. I'm changing my narrative.

I'm intentionally reading several books and putting myself in spaces we're reading is mandatory. This narrative that I'm not good at it or that I hate it will be demolished. I want to live my life intentionally for God and to do that I need to know Him in a way that I haven't allowed myself to know Him. I know God exists, my life tells me He exists, but being intentional and reading my Bible and living out what I read is the next level I have been working on.

My challenge to you is to get intentional. Maybe for you it's not about reading, maybe for you it's a prayer life. Answering the call to get up and pray for others at 4:00 a.m. is something else that I have been intentionally trying to accomplish. Whatever it is for you my prayer is that you get in alignment. Ask yourself, what is it that I need to do in order to get closer to God and to know Him?

Prayer: Dear Heavenly Father we thank you for the continued Grace that you give us and the time that we are allowed to get intentional. Father, we ask that your Spirit falls on us daily and helps to guide us to perfect alignment with you. Help us Dear Lord to change narratives in our lives that keep us away from you and help us to recognize actionable things that we can do to close gaps in our lives from the alignment you would have us live. Dear Lord we ask for abundance of wisdom to live intentional lives and draw closer to you in order to advance Your Kingdom and Save Souls.